VII. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих предложений:

Подобно Великобритании Новая Зеландия является конституционной монархией.

Экономика Новой Зеландии была традиционно создана на основе овцеводства.

Английский язык является универсальным языком.

VIII. Письменно ответьте на следующие вопросы по тексту.

Who is the head of the state in New Zealand?

What is the capital of New Zealand?

Why does New Zealand draw many tourists to its shores?

ВАРИАНТ № 4

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием - s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.Е. Служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

Переведите предложения на русский язык.

The United States lies in the central part of the North American Continent between two oceans: the Atlantic Ocean to the East and the Pacific Ocean to the West.

After its 200th birthday the United States of America still holds the leading position in the western world.

President’s Secretaries are the heads of the executive departments.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения имен прилагательных и переведите их на русский язык.

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the country and the head of the judicial branch of US government.

There are many big cities and towns in the USA: New York, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles are the biggest.

There are two main political parties in the USA.

III. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод местоимений.

It is difficult to make a decision.

Some people prefer getting up early.

I know neither him, nor her.

IV. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видо-временные формы и укажите инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык.

The USA consists of three separate parts.

They preferred computers to typewriters.

He will not sign this contract.

V. Поставьте в предложение глагол в правильной форме.

The manager … to his partners every day.

call

called

calls

The company ... its goods in several days.

will sell

shall sell

sells

Ann … to go abroad, but she couldn’t.

wants

will want

wanted

VI. Прочитайте и устно переведите текст на русский язык. Перепишите и письменно переведите 4, 5, 6, 7-й абзацы.

The United States of America

1. The United States lies in the central part of the North American Continent between two oceans: the Atlantic Ocean to the East and the Pacific Ocean to the West. Friendly Canada to the north and friendly Mexico to the south are the only countries bordering it.

2. The USA consists of three separate parts. These are the Hawaiian Islands, situated in the central part of the Pacific Ocean, Alaska separated by Canada, and the rest of the USA. The states differ very much in size, population and economic development.

3. There are many big cities and towns in the USA: New York, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles are the biggest.

4. The United States of America is a parliamentary republic. The government is divided into three branches: legislative (the US Congress), executive (the President and his Administration) and judicial (the US Supreme Court).

5. There are two main political parties in the USA: the Democratic (symbolized by a "donkey") and the Republican (its symbol is an "elephant"). The US President is both head of state and government. He is elected for a four-year term. The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices who are appointed for life. It is supposed to decide whether a law of the Congress or an executive order of the President is constitutional or not.

6. The Congress of the United States is composed of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate represents the states and the House represents the population according to its distribution among the states. All states have electoral requirements of the same nature. First of all they are residence requirements.

7. Each of the fifty states of the USA has a constitution patterned after the federal Constitution, with its divisions of power: legislative, executive, and judicial.